Tag: AW149

North Macedonia signs helicopter contract with Leonardo

Defense March 27, 2024

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UK opens bidding for new helicopter, to award contract in 2025

Defense February 27, 2024

Poland clears AW149 helicopters for operations

Defense January 7, 2024

Poland accepts first two AW149 helicopters

Defense October 30, 2023

In British helicopter race, war of words emerges over ‘military grade’

DefenseSeptember 13, 2023

LONDON — Executives at helicopter maker Leonardo pushed back against a competitor’s assertion that the Italian company’s AW149 helicopter, in play for the British...

U.S. Approves Sale Of 96 AH-64E Apache Helicopters To Poland – The Aviationist

AviationAugust 22, 2023

The sale of 96 AH-64E attack helicopters to Poland is worth about 12 billion USD. The U.S. State Department has cleared the potential sale of...

Prototype Of New AW249 Attack Helicopter Deploys To Spain For Hot Weather Testing

AviationAugust 5, 2023

The new AW249 NESS (“Fenice”) combat helicopter has deployed to Palma del Río for testing in hot weather. The first prototype of the new Leonardo AW249...

Poland launches Black Hawk helo tender

DefenseJuly 21, 2023

21 July 2023 by Gareth Jennings First showcased at the Farnborough International Airshow in 2016, the armed...

Sikorsky weighs scope of local assembly under UK medium-lift helo bid

DefenseJune 21, 2023

PARIS — Helicopter maker Sikorsky is considering setting up a final assembly line for Black Hawks in the United Kingdom to support a bid...

Poland buys 800 Hellfire missiles to arms its new attack helicopters

DefenseMay 30, 2023

WARSAW, Poland — The Polish government has signed a deal to purchase 800 Hellfire II missiles that are to be carried by a new...

LIMA 2023: Leonardo promoting AW149 for Malaysia

DefenseMay 28, 2023

29 May 2023 by Akhil Kadidal Malaysia's requirement for new rotary-wing platforms has presented a major opportunity...

Prototype Of AW249 Attack Helicopter In Combat Livery Flies For The First time

AviationMarch 22, 2023

Another AW249 NEES has flown. This one sports the standard olive drab paint scheme used by the Italian Army helicopters. A new Leonardo AW249 NEES (Nuovo...

Poland Procures AW149 Helicopters for Its Land Forces

AviationJuly 3, 2022

The AW149 is the selection made in the Perkoz program. Head of the Polish MoD, Mariusz Błaszczak, signed a procurement agreement on Jul. 1, 2022,...

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